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H. L. GOLDBECK ANCHOR Filed July 27, 1922 atroz nup- /I f 'h Patented Aug. 11, 1925. i

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN L. GOLDBECK, OF TYLER, TEXAS.

' ANCHOR.

Application led July 27, 1922. Serial No. 577,978.

To all 'whom it may concern: ends of the anchor line 20 carry the hooks Be it known that I, HERMAN L. Gomshown in Figure 2. Recourse is had to an BECK, a citizen of the United States, residanchor plate 22, shown in Figure 5, the aning at Tyler, in the county of Smith and chor plate having openings 23. The hooks State of Texas, have invented a new and 2 on the anchor line 20 are extended through 45 useful Anchor, of which the following is a the openings 23 and the bills 4l are engaged I specification. with stakes 24 driven downwardly behind This invention aims to provide a novel the anchor plate 22 in alinement with the ground anchor for a flxible element, and, openings 23 in the plate, the plate being particularly for the ends of a looped flexible seated firmly in the ground 25, as shown in 50 element.- Figure 5. Each stake 24 may embody a In the drawings pointed lower section 26 and an upper sec- Figure 1 shows in plan a device contion 27 having a driving head 28, the lower structed in accordance with the invention; section being provided with a reduced tip Figure 2 is a side elevation disclosing one 29 threaded into the lower end of the upper 55 of the hooks, parts appearing in section; section 27. Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the What is claimed is connection; Figure 4 is an elevation show- 1. In a devicel of the class described, a ing one of the stakes, parts appearing in plate provided near to its upper edge section; Figure 5 is an elevation depicting with an opening, the height ot' the 60 the anchor. plate being such that when the lower The device forming the subject matter portion of the plate is embedded in the soil of this application includes a hook 2 which i'ar enough to atford a substantial anchoris shown in detail in Figure 2, the hook emage, the opening will be above the surfa 25 bodying a shank 3 and a bill 4:, there being of the soil, and a ground-engaging stake 05 a seat 5 at the base oi' the bill land the located immediately behind the plate and shank 3 having a tapered bore 6. The numextended across the opening. eral 2O marks a flexible element or anchor 2. A device of the class described, conline. The ends of the line 2O are knotted structed as set forth in claim 1, and further and wedged in the bores 6 of a pair of the characterized by the fact that the stake 70 hooks 2. is provided at its upper end with a head In Figure 3 there appears a block-like which engages the upper edge of the plate. connection 17 having a transversely ex- In testimony that I claim the foregoing tended curved passage 18, and provided as my own, I have hereto aihxed my signawith allongiudinal tlapered bore 1l9 ttlghiellu ture in the presence of two witnesses.

o yens tirouo' i one sic e surrace o tie loc t 117. @ne end of a line 16 is knotted and en- Y HERMAN L GOLDBECK' gaged in the bore 19 of the connection 17. iVitnesses:

The anchor line 2O extends slidably through E. W. MEYER, 40 the passage 18 ot' the connection 17. The X. A.. FULLER. 

